Kendrick Family Ballpark

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Kendrick Family Ballpark
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Wagener Field at Kendrick Family Ballpark
Kendrick Family Ballpark
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Kendrick Family Ballpark
Kendrick Family Ballpark (the United States)
Full nameWagener Field at Kendrick Family Ballpark
Former namesMonongalia County Ballpark (2015–2024)
Address2040 Gyorko Drive
Morgantown, West Virginia 26534
Coordinates 39°38′38″N79°59′46″W / 39.64389°N 79.99611°W / 39.64389; -79.99611
Owner Monongalia County
Operator West Virginia University
TypeStadium
Genre(s) Baseball
Executive suites3
Capacity 3,500
Record attendance4,629 vs Pitt (April 2, 2025) [1]
Field sizeLeft field: 325ft
Left-center field: 375ft
Center field: 400ft
Right-center field: 375ft
Right field: 325ft
SurfaceAstroturf 3D
Construction
Broke ground October 17, 2013
Built2013-2015
OpenedApril 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)
Construction cost $21 Million
($27.9 million in 2024 dollars [2] )
ArchitectDLA+ Architecture & Interior Design [3]
Tenants
West Virginia Mountaineers (NCAA) 2015-present
West Virginia Black Bears (MLBDL) 2015-present

Wagener Field at Kendrick Family Ballpark is a baseball stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia. [1] The stadium, which opened April 10, 2015, is the home of the West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team of West Virginia University (WVU), a member of the Big 12 Conference, and the West Virginia Black Bears, a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League.

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Construction

Plans were announced to build a new stadium for the West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team in 2013. [4] Ground was broken for the new ballpark at University Town Centre, an off-campus shopping and entertainment complex in Granville, adjacent to WVU's home city of Morgantown, on October 17, 2013. The ballpark has 2,500 fixed seats with additional hillside and club seating, a fan amenity deck, and a park that is open year-round. [5] The field has a synthetic surface, other than the clay pitcher's mound. [6]

In August 2014, the Jamestown Jammers of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League, a Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball, announced that they would move to West Virginia, taking the name "West Virginia Black Bears", and use Monongalia County Ballpark as their home stadium. [7] [8] The Black Bears were affiliated with the Pirates from their inception until MLB's reorganization of the minors after the 2020 season. They then became a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League. [9]

As a result of inclement weather in February 2015, the scheduled opening of the stadium was pushed back to April 10, 2015. [10] [11]

Name change

In 2024, West Virginia University officially renamed its baseball stadium Kendrick Family Ballpark at the Monongalia County Baseball Complex in honor of alumnus and Arizona Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick, following a major gift from the Kendrick family. The donation supports facility upgrades, most notably the construction of a new 8,200-square-foot indoor pitching and hitting facility, which opened in March 2025. The facility will feature two regulation-size pitching lanes, two full-size batting cages, a soft toss area, and state-of-the-art Trackman technology for performance analytics. [12] [13]

Ken Kendrick, namesake of Kendrick Family Ballpark. Kendrick.jpg
Ken Kendrick, namesake of Kendrick Family Ballpark.

Attendance

Top 30 single-game attendance at Kendrick Family Ballpark [1] [15]

RankAttendanceDateGame ResultNotes
14,629April 2, 2025#25 West Virginia 11
Pitt 1		Largest Regular Season Game at Kendrick Family Ballpark. [15]
24,614April 16, 2024#22 West Virginia 6
Pitt 3
34,387May 6, 2023#12 West Virginia 3
Oklahoma 6		Largest Big 12 Conference Regular Season Game at Kendrick Family Ballpark.
44,355May 31, 2019#13 West Virginia 6
Fordham 2		 NCAA Morgantown Regional
54,289April 18, 2025#24 West Virginia 6
Cincinnati 4
64,258June 1, 2019#13 West Virginia 0
Duke 4		 NCAA Morgantown Regional
74,223April 27, 2024West Virginia 5
Baylor 2
84,084May 16, 2025#16 West Virginia 5
Kansas 8
94,070May 3, 2023#12 West Virginia 10
Pitt 0
104,062May 17, 2025West Virginia 0
Kansas 7
113,913April 13, 2024West Virginia 7
#17 UCF 5
123,848May 3, 2025#16 West Virginia 4
Texas Tech 6		 [15]
133,788June 2, 2019#13 West Virginia 10
#17 Texas A&M 11		 NCAA Morgantown Regional
143,776April 22, 2025#24 West Virginia 10
Cincinnati 5
153,748May 8, 2024West Virginia 18
Penn State 5
163,716May 15, 2024#16 West Virginia 0
Kansas 3
173,712April 26, 2024West Virginia 4
Baylor 3
183,631May 11, 2024West Virginia 5
Kansas State 2
193,494April 13, 2019West Virginia 4
#11 Texas Tech 3
203,487April 3, 2019West Virginia 7
Pitt 5
213,475April 25, 2023#18 West Virginia 14
Penn State 2
223,451April 14, 2024West Virginia 18
#17 UCF 5
233,441April 21, 2023 West Virginia 5
TCU 4
243,417April 5, 2025West Virginia 6
Utah 4
253,415April 15, 2017West Virginia 4
#2 TCU 3
263,411May 5, 2023#12 West Virginia 9
Oklahoma 3
273,384April 5, 2025#16 West Virginia 5
Texas Tech 0
283,370April 17, 2025#24 West Virginia 3
Cincinnati 2
293,312May 14, 2023#11 West Virginia 5
#25 Texas Tech 3
303,244March 25, 2025West Virginia 7
Marshall 0

Yearly attendance at Kendrick Family Ballpark

YearHome
Games		Total
Attendance		Natl. Rank
by Total		Average
Attendance		Natl. Rank
by Average
2015 [16] 2233,158601,50744
2016 [17] 3040,390491,34649
2017 [18] 2240,613501,84637
2018 [16] 2335,101561,52647
2019 [18] 2341,253481,79437
2020 [16] 32,17414272577
2021 [16] 2715,8454958749
2022 [19] 2250,058432,27531
2023 [18] 2459,894412,49632
2024 [18] 2367,084382,91727
2025 [16] 2477,877353,24527

Attendance as of 26 May 2025
2020 season cancelled due to COVID-19

Milestones and facts

West Virginia's records at Kendrick Family Ballpark since 2015.

AchievementRecord
Largest Attendance4,629—April 2, 2025, vs. Pittsburgh
Overall Record in Facility162-80 (.669)*
Big 12 Record in Facility72-51 (.585)*
Record vs. Ranked
Opponents		23-24 (.489)*
Record vs. State Opponents10-0 (1.000)*
Record vs. Rivals24-5 (.828)*
1st GameApril 10, 2015, vs. Butler
1st Win6-513 April 10, 2015, vs. Butler [20]
1st Big 12 Win6-5 April 18, 2015, vs. #23 Oklahoma
1st Win over Ranked Team6-5 April 18, 2015, vs. #23 Oklahoma
1st Regional HostedMay 31, 2019, vs. Fordham
*As of 12 May 2025

Wagener Field at Kendrick Family Ballpark v. Hawley Field

Wagener Field at Kendrick Family Ballpark v. Hawley Field
Kendrick Family Ballpark Section Hawley Field
3,500Seating1,500
5,900 sq ft (550 m2)Restrooms0 sq ft (0 m2)
0 sq ft (0 m2)Concessions0 sq ft (0 m2)
0 sq ft (0 m2)SuitesN/A
0 sq ft (0 m2)Club LoungeN/A
8,200 sq ft (760 m2)Team Area0 sq ft (0 m2)
0 sq ft (0 m2)Press Area0 sq ft (0 m2)

Climate

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Awards

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Facilities: Kendrick Family Ballpark at the Monongalia County Baseball Complex". West Virginia University Athletics .
  2. ↑ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–" . Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Monongalia County Ballpark Project". DLAPlus.com.
  4. ↑ "WVU Board Approves Land Buy for Baseball Stadium". WBOY . Morgantown. Associated Press. June 6, 2013. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  5. ↑ "New Ballpark". West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on October 7, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  6. ↑ Dovey, Grant (August 21, 2014). "New Ballpark Construction Update". West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  7. ↑ Vingle, Mitch (August 23, 2014). "Morgantown Lands NY-Penn League Baseball Team". The Charleston Gazette . Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  8. ↑ "New NYPL club to be called the Black Bears". Minor League Baseball. October 22, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Black Bears retain affiliation with MLB, are founding member of Major League Baseball Draft League". West Virginia Black Bears (Press release). West Virginia Black Bears. November 20, 2020. Archived from the original on November 30, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  10. ↑ Fragale, Michael (March 5, 2015). "Inclement Weather Delays Scheduled WVU Ballpark Opening". West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
  11. ↑ Cassazza, Mike (April 9, 2015). "Wind, Outfield Walls Among Quirks of Monongalia County Ballpark". Charleston Daily Mail . Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Baseball Facility Renamed Kendrick Family Ballpark". West Virginia University Athletics. March 7, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Indoor WVU Baseball Biomechanics and Performance Center Now Open". West Virginia University Athletics . March 24, 2025. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Ken Kendrick". John Chambers College of Business and Economics. West Virginia University.
  15. 1 2 3 "2025 Big 12 Championship Notes" (PDF). West Virginia University Athletics. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 "NCAA Statistics". NCAA.[ failed verification ]
  17. ↑ "Baseball Attendance Records" (PDF). NCAA . 2017.
  18. 1 2 3 4 "2025 West Virginia University Baseball Guide". West Virginia Mountaineers. February 21, 2025. p. 95. Retrieved August 5, 2025– via Issuu.
  19. ↑ "Baseball Attendance Records" (PDF). NCAA . 2023.
  20. ↑ Dovey, Grant (April 10, 2015). "Baseball Opens New Ballpark with Walk-off Win". West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Summary of Monthly Normals Morgantown Hart Field". National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration . Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  22. ↑ Fitzsimmons, Jack (June 27, 2015). "Monongalia County Ballpark Voted the Best in Short-Season Single A". WBOY. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
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